Insect-trap.



K. OLEJNICZAK.

INSECT TRAP. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1917. RENEWED MAY 7, I918.

1 ,271,355. Patented July 2, 1918.

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: KAISER oL JNIczAK, OFYBUFFALO, NEW YORK- INSECT-TRAP.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Karena OLEJNIOZAK, a subject of the Emperor of ;Austria,residin g t Bufiflla n the nty 1 Er eand State of New York, have iHX QDtQC l certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Traps, of which the followingris a specification;

This invention relates to certain new. and-- useful improvements in insect traps.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a trap having the external appearance of a bottle and arranged with a .bait for insects, an insecticide being arranged within the device for killing the insects which enter the same.

A further object of the device is the provision of a fly trap having a pleasmg ex-- ternal appearance and arranged with an entrance for insects adjacent which entrance a suitable bait is arranged, the interior of the trap being provided with means tending to confuse the flight or travel of the insects, an insecticide being provided in which the insects are finally captured. I

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction; combination and arrangement of part-s hereinafter more fully described, illustrated 1n the accom-1 bottle-shaped casing 10 formed of trans parent material or otherwise as'desired, the same having a flaring body 11 wlth a contracted neck 12, a closure plug or stopper 18 being arranged in the open end of the neck at the top of the device. A handle 14 is provided upon one side'of the body 11 while four supporting feet 15 are arranged therebeneath giving the device the general appearance of a decanter.

The bottom 16 of the body 11 is of inverted funnel shape having a contracted mouth 17 arranged inwardly of the body 11 responding sides 30 of the being killed thereby.

while the feet 15 are attach d 'Ql hje annul r outer p0rti0n18 Oftiie ilQ ly il Depen g Wires 19 are a ranged with ::ter minalhooks 20 seated over, the :mouth or rim 17 of he 1 bottom 16. While bait supporting saucer 21 is carried by the said wires 1 19:- and is thereby arranged iii-axial alimement with the body 11 below the level ofthe bottom 18 allowing sufiicient space for the entrance of insects through the bottom mouth 17 intothe body 11.

A plurality of quadri-lateral inwardlyextending and radially edgewise arranged wings 22 are positioned. within the body 11 above the level of the mouth 17 with upwardly and inwardly inclined converging opposite edges while a poisonous fluid or body 23 adapted for killing the insects is arranged in the annular space between the bottom 16 and the adjacent side of the body 11. The wings 22 are designed to confuse the flight of insects within the device and for furnishing additional labyrinths therein, oppositely formed frames 24 and 25 being provided within the body 11 arranged in parallelism between the wings 22'and the neck 12. These frames are ofgeneral cruciform arrangement having centrally eloncated pyramidal form. The sides 29 of the frame 25 converge upwardly while the cor-' frame 24' converge downwardly.

In operatlon, the device ispositioned upon a support such as'a table top 31 and with l a suitable bait, such as sugar 52 within the saucer 21, the insects or flies attracted by the bait will fly and crawl upwardly upon the bottom 16 and through or over the mouth 17 thereof. The insects may crawl downwardly upon the inside of the bottom 16 into the poison 23 and be killed or upon flying upwardly within the body 11, will come in contact with the wings 22 and be ing confused thereby, may pass upwardly through the frame 25 and also the frame 24 while upon becoming exhausted in their efforts to escape, the insects will drop down-j,

wardly finally entering the poison 23 and The bait supporting wires 19 are readily removed from the bottom 16 while the stopper 13 may be removed for flushing and cleaning the device when found desirable. An insect trap is arranged which does not present the appem'ance otfa fly catcher but resembles an ordinary bottle structure although being capable of performing the functions for which the- $311103 is designed. a

,What I claim; as new is th' type described, includinga from said chamber forming portionfa'lso spaced 'edgewise' and laterally from each Copies of this patent may be obtained other, and oppositely formed frames arrangedin parallelism between said plurality of quadridateral radial members and the neck of the funnel-shaped body-portion, forming other baffle-members, said frames or members being of general cruciform arrangement, having centrally elongated passages centrally oftheinarms, one of said frames'being of truncated pyramidal form, the sides of one frame converging upwardly while the'corresponding sides of the other frame converge downwardly.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

KAISER OLEJNICZAK.

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